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Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Kick off! While we continue to hold our collective breaths for the trio from the bush to tell us which political party "we voted for" last 21 August, campaigning has kicked off on our big brother's shores. It's Labor Day in the USA, heralding the start ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open flat. US markets were closed overnight for a public holiday, while European markets finished firmer. At 0703 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down one point ...

INGIM hires two for Aussie equities

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
ING Investment Management (INGIM) Australia has moved swiftly to strengthen its Australian equities team after suffering the departure of its small companies lead portfolio manager in August. Phillip Hudak has been hired by INGIM as a small companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on Monday, after a positive finish on Wall Street on Friday. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 50 points higher at 4,587 points. In economics ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... uninterrupted. Beyond the headline numbers, there is more good news. Temps help in the service industry rose to 2.1 million in August - the highest since December 2008. And overall, temporary employment has been on the up and up since October 2009 (except ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Is this it? Is this the one? Is this the beginning of the end of uncertainty and the start of Wall Street's rebound to higher highs? Over the past oh so many months, we've seen strong daily rallies on Wall Street almost always followed by investors ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Street's performance last night. Am pretty sure only the die-hard bulls like moi - and some who weren't able to jump ship in August - were expecting a day like today. A day when global equity markets registered their biggest gain since May. This seems ...

StatewideSuper appoints JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
In what it calls one of the most important board decisions it will make this year, StatewideSuper has signed JANA for three years, terminating its previous asset consultant, Access Capital Advisers. The new contract began on August 9. The fund expects ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... extend the timeframe just a little bit longer and you'll find the S&P 500 down by 4.75 per cent for the whole month of August - the worst percentage August decline in nine years. It was down by 3.7 per cent for the whole of summer and down 5.9 per cent ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
"Ben most people would turn you away I don't listen to a word they say They don't see you as I do I wish they would try to I'm sure they'd think again If they had a friend like Ben (a friend) like Ben (a friend) like Ben." -Michael Jackson Have no fear ...